I stared into the distance as the ceremony around me proceeded. Kelly cried silently beside me and even Clara, who didn’t know these people still felt grief. It was typical for Omegas to be empaths and Clara was no different. I let Kelly lean on me as she cried but I had no tears.
My eyes were dry and my mind vacant. I seemed to be witnessing things from an entirely different perspective than everyone else. The atmosphere was serene as a priest performed a short prayer for the departed. People cried silently around me but I felt completely detached; like I hadn’t just lost my uncle and friend.
Dylan held my hand and squeezed intermittently but I could barely feel his grip. My body was as numb as my mind was vacant. I wasn’t feeling, I wasn’t thinking, I was just staring into space.
“Doe
